Before you can use Django, you’ll need to get it installed. We have a
complete installation guide that covers all the
possibilities; this guide will guide you to a simple, minimal installation
that’ll work while you walk through the introduction.

Being a Python Web framework, Django requires Python. It works with any Python
version from 2.4 to 2.7 (due to backwards
incompatibilities in Python 3.0, Django does not currently work with
Python 3.0; see the Django FAQ for more
information on supported Python versions and the 3.0 transition), but we
recommend installing Python 2.5 or later. If you do so, you won’t need to set
up a database just yet: Python 2.5 or later includes a lightweight database
called SQLite.

Get Python at http://www.python.org. If you’re running Linux or Mac OS X, you
probably already have it installed.

Django on Jython

If you use Jython (a Python implementation for the Java platform), you’ll
need to follow a few additional steps. See Running Django on Jython for details.

You can verify that Python is installed by typing python from your shell;
you should see something like:

Always refer to the documentation that corresponds to the
version of Django you're using!

If you do either of the first two steps, keep an eye out for parts of the
documentation marked new in development version. That phrase flags
features that are only available in development versions of Django, and
they likely won't work with an official release.